Nepal Chepang Association has been holding a special program on this day every year since September 22, 2063. Others celebrate Chhaenam in villages, houses, villages even before 22 of Vadai.
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The Central Committee of Nepal Chepang Association has decided to celebrate Chaenam festival in a festive manner. Chhaenam is the main festival of Chepangs, a tribal community belonging to a very marginalized group. Nepal Chepang Association has been holding a special program on the 22nd of August.
This time, it has been decided to celebrate Chitwan Ichchakamana Rural Municipality-6 in Kalifkhaela, Central President of Nepal Chepang Association, Gaewindram Chepang said. The meeting of the association held on Saturday decided this yes In the Chepang community, it is customary for the family to eat the new grain and other crops and fruits that have grown in the field, after bringing the kandamul into the house and offering it to the father first.
Jhankri of the Chepang community, who plays the role of Pande or priest, offers new grain to the father by shaking the drum, This process continues throughout the night. This is the activity of election. The practice of offering new grain to Deuta or Pitru is also in other communities. Especially after the paddy is washed, before eating the rice, Nwagi is done. Central president Gavindram Chepang says that Chaenam is also a member of the Chepang community.
The Chepangs live in the hilly areas of Makwanpur, Dhading and Gaerkha along with Chitwan. The main food crop of the Chepang community is corn because they live in places where there are no rice fields. Maize is ready after ripening in August. Chepang said that along with corn, other crops, fruits and vegetables that are ripe and edible will be offered to the ancestors in Chhenam.
Nepal Chepang Association has been holding a special election program on this day every year since September 22, 2063. Others celebrate Chhaenam in villages, houses, villages even before 22 of Vadai. President Chepang said that it has been decided to participate in the central program of Kalikhaela on the 22nd after celebrating the elections in the villages until the 21st of August.
Chhaenam is celebrated after Shuklapaksha begins in Vadai. The association has called upon the Chepang community to light lamps in their homes wherever they are in the country on the 21st of May. The association has also made it mandatory for the community to participate in the program in traditional dress.
The Bagmati state government has been giving public holidays for three years in Chitwan, Makwanpur and Dhading, the three Chepang-dominated districts, during Chhaenam festival. According to the 2078 census, the population of the Chepang community in the country is around 84 thousand, according to the Nepal Chepang Association.
Chaenam Pande, the priest of Chepang, mocking Dhangro at the festival. File photo
